Abstract
AbstractThe article reveals the influence of information society on changes that have taken place in regional libraries for children. Website filling condition of regional libraries of Ukraine for children with digital teaching and learning resources and the personalized access is analyzed. A literature review shows that these issues tend to be insufficiently studied. Monitoring method was used to analyze the websites of 22 regional libraries for children of Ukraine. The following results were attained through the implementation of monitoring method, namely 87% of regional libraries for children had websites, 9% of library sites become unusable, 4% did not have the library site. The results of the analysis of website traffic statistics show that Ternopil Regional Library for Children is the most popular among children. Subsequently it was found out, that 10 websites of regional libraries for children didn’t have traffic statistics. Therefore, failure to serve the information needs in a timely manner. The expert evaluation of websites aimed to determine types of digital teaching and learning resources by content, subject and usage. Headings and location for digital teaching and learning resources were identified: philosophy, psychology, social sciences, humanities, natural and mathematical sciences; art, architecture, games, sport. Moreover, the findings of the study showed that databases of information and bibliographic resources, namely digital catalogs, guides, bibliographic reviews played a key role in finding necessary information. Most regional libraries for children offer both their own information products and provide opportunity for children to use teaching and learning Internet resources. Although, there are no uniform classifiers of internet resources that make it hard for users to find information. The publication suggests ways of improving organizational structure of websites to place teaching and learning resources.KeywordsInformation societyInformation resourcesDigital resourcesTeaching and learning resourcesWebsitesRegional libraries for children
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